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Journalist, production @ Irish Examiner, Irish music and podcast stuff @ The Point of Everything TPOE podcast/newsletter: https://linktr.ee/thepointofeverything Examiner arts/culture: https://linktr.ee/oseoghan

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‘It’ll devastate the village’: Over 30 homes in Co Wexford estate get eviction notices Local TDs have criticised Housing Minister and Wexford TD James Browne due to the evictions taking place in his “backyard”.

‘It’ll devastate the village’: Over 30 homes in Co Wexford estate get eviction notices

www.thejournal.ie/wexford-evic...

01.03.2026 20:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jessie Buckley, Josh O'Connor, Saoirse Ronan & Dakota Johnson Are Set For 'Three Incestuous Sisters' Photography on the upcoming feature adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's best-selling novel is set to start in April.

Saoirse Ronan! Jessie Buckley! In a script written by Otessa Moshfegh!

deadline.com/2026/02/dako...

27.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kneecap: Fenian – Never mind the outrage, here’s the brilliantly catchy, five-star album First listen review: Kneecap’s second record captures the glee and giddiness of their live performances

A first-listen review of an album that's not out for another two months? www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

27.02.2026 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heavy rain and flooding risk before brighter spring weather arrives Met Éireann warns of heavy rain and spot flooding before drier, sunnier conditions return next week

Oh good, the rain will return next week, phew!

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

27.02.2026 15:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No rain!?!

27.02.2026 15:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Clip from this week's episode of my music podcast

Cork band Cypress, Mine! on the legacy of their debut album Exit Trashtown - as they release the followup pulling all the clouds apart nearly 40 years on

Full interview: tr.ee/h-g184KDWr

25.02.2026 21:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.

Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.

How does he sleep at night?

25.02.2026 09:14 — 👍 3601    🔁 605    💬 98    📌 54
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Women's museum planned to replace International Rugby Experience in Limerick The six-storey building on O’Connell St, Limerick, has been donated to the State by billionaire businessman JP McManus

Women's museum planned to replace International Rugby Experience in Limerick

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

24.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ U-BEND 20/2/26 Listen to The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ U-BEND 20/2/26 by Do!! You!!! Radio

Too good - www.mixcloud.com/do_you_radio...

24.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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90-minute trains to Dublin and eight new stations: Irish Rail CEO sets out plans for Cork Cork's commuter rail network is set for a €1.8bn Irish Rail overhaul, bringing electrification, new stations, and increased service to Mallow, Cobh, and Midleton.

"the ultimate goal is to increase train frequencies between Cork and Dublin to every 30 minutes and reduce travel times to 90 minutes between the cities"

www.irishexaminer.com/business/eco...

24.02.2026 14:20 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Me: It's important not to over-hype players too quickly. It's bad for their development.

Also me: We should start building the statue of Robert Baloucoune now so it's ready for when he wins us a world cup.

#IrevIta

14.02.2026 14:31 — 👍 56    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
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If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

21.02.2026 11:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Alexis Petridis on the Scratch www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

19.02.2026 12:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

she says that too

19.02.2026 09:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"it is not cycling that is dangerous but dangerous driving"

19.02.2026 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Neil Young cancels entire European tour including Cork date The Canadian star, 80, had been due to play Cork's Virgin Media Park this July alongside Elvis Costello

Neil Young cancels entire European tour including Cork date share.google/u7GmMTO3uYr5...

19.02.2026 08:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are so back etc

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Legislation needed for BusConnects Cork to apply for planning permission The National Transport Authority (NTA) confirmed it requires a piece of legislation to be passed in order to “fully empower” the NTA to make the ...

BusConnects needs new legislation before planning permission can be applied for, almost three years after the projected rollout of the project

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

18.02.2026 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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More rain on the way as Met Éireann issues fresh warnings for Cork and nine other counties The forecaster has issued a rain warning for Cork, Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin from 11pm on Tuesday for a 24-hour period.

Please make it stop www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

16.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Una Mullally: Hoxton noise row exposed tensions over Dublin’s night time economy One building’s apparently noisy neighbour is another person’s great night out

"All across the city, brilliant people working in promoting electronic music need more support and more spaces"

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

16.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Poor Wales #sixnations

15.02.2026 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'She brings me tea and biscuits when I'm stressed': Readers share everyday acts of love Valentine’s Day may invite grand gestures, but it’s the small, habitual acts that sustain our closest relationships.
14.02.2026 07:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Get Around To It arts and culture table quiz Join the hosts of Get Around To It podcast for our first arts and culture table quiz!

We're holding a Get Around To It arts & culture table quiz on 11 March! Tickets here - profits to MSF: www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around...

13.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Cork artist Dorothy Cross elected Saoi of Aosdána for 'rich and invaluable contributions to arts' The ceremony was attended by President Catherine Connolly

Cork artist Dorothy Cross elected Saoi of Aosdána for 'rich and invaluable contributions to arts'
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

11.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He went down in my estimation when he said that

04.02.2026 16:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Moving up from Parks to the CEO role, you say

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Cork man admitted painting message on side of building John Barrow, who painted the words 'Marry Me Chippy', on the building pleaded guilty to a charge of causing criminal damage

'Marry me? Chippy'

www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

03.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A promised flood relief scheme first mooted 25 years ago has yet to be put in place.

25 years!!

01.02.2026 11:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cypress Mine: Cork band of the 1980s reform for unfinished business Cypress Mine! are all grown up now, but have returned with a new album, and even added a member of the Sultans of Ping

I talk to Ian, Mark, Ciarán and Morty about new @cypressmine.bsky.social album and a whole lot more www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

28.01.2026 12:27 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Bundee Aki dropped from Ireland's Six Nations squad due to disciplinary reasons Aki has been replaced in the squad by uncapped Ulster centre Jude Postlethwaite.

Bundee Aki has been dropped from Andy Farrell's Ireland Six Nations squad due to disciplinary reasons.

www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/...

28.01.2026 11:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0